Accounts-delivery cabinet.



N. OLSEN.

ACCOUNTS DELIVERY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.4. 1914.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CD WASHINGTON. n. c.

N. OLSEN.

ACCOUNTS DELIVERY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.4. 1914.

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ACCOUNTS-DELIVERY CABINET. I

To all whom it may 00mm:

Be it known that LNnns OLSEN, a citlzen of the United States, residing at Menominee,

in the county of Menominee and State of hlichigamhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Accounts-Delivery Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to'ac'counts delivery cabinets.

More particularly, it comprises a case or.

box having within it a number of spaced, parallel rods or rails which engage and guide rollers that support any number ofv plates or carriersarranged within thecabinet one over another, and each plate having a'latch device actuatediby one of'a set of movable keys. their highest. positions, and, when the proper key for any given plate is touched, the latch is released and the plate descends the incline. A portion of the plate passes out of the front of the cabinet, thereby exposing the account desired for inspection inscribed upon a sheet of paper removably borneby the carrier. The construction and arrangement of the parts of this invention, in the forms preferred, are set forth by the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 represents a top plan view. In this figure, portions of the top of. the box or cabinet, the hinged lid, and the inclined partition, are broken away to disclose parts beneath them. Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in vertical section on broken line y-y of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear view. Fig. 4: is a vertical section on broken line 50-00 of Fig. 3, showing the back of the cabinet andthe form of the cover plate or housing for the free ends of the levers of the 'latchingde vices. Fig. 5, is a vertical section of a portion of the back of the cabinet, somewhat enlarged, showing the engagement of the latch tongue and latch lever, and illustrating also one of the rollers of the carriers engaging one of theinclined rods. Fig. 6 is a cross-section of several ofthe inclined rods and one of the rollers, showing the roller upon the rod. Fig. 7 is a rear view of one of the latch levers showing its pivotal arrangement and operating wire. The scale of drawing is somewhat enlarged in Figs. 6 and 7.

Specification of Letters Patent.

The plates are latched in,

Patente d 0017.5, 1915.

. Application filed August 4, 1914. Serial No. 854,996.

Throughout the drawings and descri p tion, thesarne letter is'employed to refer to the same part. Y a

Considering the drawingsythe.cabinet A, has an inclined partition a, also-a stop B, usually fixed, and ahinged lid tn Upon the partition are pivotal supports 0 and a for the movable orrocking keys D and (Z. The

F and f encircle the rodsE and e and have one end attached to thoserods in such man ner that when the keys. are depressed the rods are drawn upon and the springs are compressed. When the keys are releasedi '7 the springs return the parts mentioned to keysza're pivotally attached to the connectmg rods; or wlres E and-"e, and the sprlngs F their positions as shown in Fig. 2. The 7 ends of ;rods E and e are movably connected with one leg each of hell crank levers G and mand the remaining ends of the bell.

crank levers are movably .connected with the vertical, lever-operating wires Hand 71 As best shown in Figs. 3,5, and 7, the vertical wiresH and hlare connected with the horizontal latch levers'J, and the end of the latch tongue 7' catches over the upper edge of the lever when the parts are in the positions illustrated. :The tongues fare attached to the carriers or plates K, usually of metal, and the carriers are attached to transverse rods 70, the ends of which are. formed into'pivots for rollers lothatsupport the carriers movably upon the inclined rods .L.

The front of the cabinet is, as ordinarily constructed, provided with thehin-ged door M opening downwardly, and immediately adjacent to'the front door M is a vertical partition N, that is provided with horizontel slots a in order that the carriers when released may pass out at the front of the cabinet, the door M being opened, as indicated by the broken lines in Fig. 2.

Considering Fig. 6, it will be noted that a sheet of paper or the like 0 may beplaced upon the carrier plate K, It is upon the and the ends of the levers work up and down cabinet A. The inclined plates R and r, of similar form to the plate Q, but not so wide, are fastened tov the back of the cabinet to support the ends of the fulcrum pins for the .levers as illustrated.

In operating this invention, let it be assumed that the key D upon which is inscribed the letter A is depressed by the finger. That carrier, usually the upper one, bearing the accounts of those persons whose names begin with the letter A will be released, and it will pass out of the cabinet until stopped by the rollers 72, thus fully exposing the accounts sheet. When the inspection is finished, the carrier is pushed back into the cabinet and ascends the rods L until the latch tongue j catches over the latch lever J. It will be noted that the latch devices when engaged hold the carrier plates in their highest positions.

Having now described this invention and explained the mode of its operation, I cla1m:

1. In a delivery cabinet, the combination located highest and the longest lever lowest,

each lever having an end arranged to engage the latch tongue of a carrier, operating keys arranged upon the said partition, and connections extending between the said keys and levers and having members passing through the back of the casing above the upper carrier.

2. In a delivery cabinet, the combination with a casing, oi 'a partition in the upper portion of the casing, a plurality of carriers below the partition arranged one over another, means for supporting the said carriers movably and for guiding them out and in with respect tothe casing, each carrier having a latch tongue passing through the back of the casing, a series of horizontal latch levers pivotally mounted externally on the back of the casing one above another, the said levers being of different lengths and each having an end arranged to engage the latch tongue of a carrier, operating keys arranged upon the said partition, and con nections between the said keys and levers including members passing through the back of the casing above the upper carrier.

In a delivery cabinet, the combination with a casing, of a plurality of carriers arranged one above another, means for sup porting the carriers movably and for guiding them out and inwith respect to the casing, each carrier having a latch tongue passing through the back of the casing, a series of horizontal latch levers pivotally mounted externally on the back of the casing one above another, the said levers being of different lengths and each having an end arranged to engage the latch tongue of a carrier, operating keys supported by the casing near the carriers, and means connecting the said keys and levers and constructed to transmit the movements ofthe keys to the said levers.

In testimony whereof I are; my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Nails oilsnn.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. JONES, ELEANOR Jones.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0. 

